Smash Mouth Actually Covered Car Seat Headrest (And Vice Versa)

Last year, Car Seat Headrest frontman Will Toledo divulged during an interview that he was interested in working with Smash Mouth on “something,” calling the project “a mysterious front” and insinuating that CSH would be covering Smash Mouth’s music. Now, it’s been revealed that this has actually, really happened—and in return, Smash Mouth has recorded a Car Seat Headrest cover. Smash Mouth’s take on CSH’s “Something Soon” and CSH’s rendition of Smash Mouth’s song “Fallen Horses” will debut this Thursday on Jenny Eliscu’s SiriusXMU program, a representative for Matador has confirmed to Pitchfork. Meme dreams turn into glorious reality.

In an interview with Toledo and former Smash Mouth guitarist Greg Camp for SiriusXMU, Camp revealed that he returned to the band to record the cover once he saw the Twitter back-and-forth. “‘Something Soon’ just automatically was speaking to me. [Toledo’s] lyrics are just amazing, that’s always the main thing I go for in the artists I listen to, the lyrics,” he said. Check out a snippet of that interview below.

Car Seat Headrest’s re-recorded version of their 2011 album Twin Fantasy is set to arrive later this week on February 16.